General and Operations Managers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,765
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$37,095
28.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,121
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$130,860
Kept after tax
$93,765
Worth in national money
$87,121
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays this job a middle wage of $130,860, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 23.72% above the national middle.
- Within New York this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 45 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $130,860 the take-home is $93,765; in national-average money that behaves like $87,121. The average comes to $167,820, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York's median for general and operations managers is $130,860, about 23.72% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation New York publishes a median for, general and operations managers sits 45 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for general and operations managers in New York, on $130,860, is $93,765; deflated by the state's price level, $87,121. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $167,820 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: General and Operations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $336,070 |
| This salary | $130,860 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New York | $93,765 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,709 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,516 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $120,731 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,071 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of general and operations managers in New York earn under $130,860 and half over. The published range runs $62,340 at the tenth percentile to $336,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New York the take-home figure of $93,765, from $130,860, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 45 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $87,121, the adjusted value of that $130,860 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 45 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for general and operations managers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,340 to $336,070; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $93,765 from $130,860. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 45 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $87,121 — the adjusted value of that $130,860 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 45 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $167,820, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $62,340 and the top tenth $336,070 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New York costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $87,121 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New York's own levy, $93,765 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New York is $167,820. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($62,340) and the ninetieth ($336,070) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $87,121 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $93,765 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.